Hypotensive drugs



United States Patent 2,742,467 7 HYPOTENSIVE DRUGS Walther Persch, Frankfurt am Main-Hochst, Germany, assignor to Farbwerke Mainknr Akliengesellschaft, Frankfurt (Main)-Fecl1enheim, Germany, a German company No Drawing. Application June 21, 1954, Serial No. 438,297 Claims priority, application Germany July 8, 1953 3 Claims. (Cl. 260-250) This invention relates to agents capable of reducing the blood pressure.

I have found that agents capable of reducing the blood pressure are obtained by acting with (I) a compound of the general formula IIH-NH2 wherein one X means CH, the other X a ring member of the group consisting of CH and N, Y means a radical of the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkyloxy and the hydrazine group, and (II) a dialkylxanthine, or the respective salts of these two groups of compounds, on each other to form a salt.

The compounds thereby obtained correspond to the general formula above formula; Y means hydrogen, alkyl, alkyloxy or' NI-LNHaZ; and Z maens a dialkylxanthine. These new compounds exhibit the action of both of their components and are distinguished by a better compatibility than the simple inorganic salts of the components I.

The following examples are given for the purpose of illustrating the invention, the temperatures being in degrees centigrade.

Example 1 14.05 grams of the dihydrochloride of 1.4-dihyrazinophthalazine are dissolved in 200 cubic centimeters of water. To this solution there is added an aqueous solution of 20.2 grams of theobromine-sodium (2 moles) in 200 cubic centimeters of water. A yellowish, sandy precipitation forms slowly; it is filtered by suction and washed with water. The substance is the theobromine-dihydrazinophthalazine compound of the formula 11: 3/ 111' H.NH:.C 7Hl0 1N4 Example 2 by suction, washed with water until free of chlorine and dried in a vacuum at 30. The product has the same empirical formula as in Example 1 the reaction product with theobromine.

Example 3 1/100 mole=2.64 grams, of the dihydrochlorideof 1.4-

dihydrazino-6-azaphthalazine are dissolved in 100 cubic centimeters of water. 4.04 grams of theobromine sodium in 50 cubic centimeters of water are then added. The orange-colored precipitation thereby gradually formed is filtered by suction, washed with Water, and dried at in a vacuum. It is the salt between 2 moles of theobromine and 1 mole of the dihydrazinoazaphthalazine compound and corresponds to the formula 1 IH.NHa.O1Hs02N4 A similar salt can be produced with the theophyllinesodium salt and the sulfate of 1.4-dihydrazino-6-azaphthalazine.

Example 4 7 pressure and corresponding to the general formula fl l \XXC/N Il'H-NHn-Z wherein one X means CH, the other X a ring member of the group consisting of CH and N; Y means a radical of the group consisting of methyl, methyloxy and NH.NH2.Z; and Z is dimehtylxanthine.

2. The new compound capable of reducing the blood pressure and corresponding to the formula NHLNHn-C1H5O2N4 I NE.NHLCIHIOJN4 wherein C7HsO2N4 means theophylline.

3. The new compound capable of reducing the blood pressure and corresponding to the formula NH.NH2.C7H|O!N4 NH.NH9.C7H$OIN4 wherein C7HsO2N4 means theobromine.

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1. THE NEW COMPOUNDS CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE BLOOD PRESSURE AND CORRESPONDING TO THE GENERAL FORMULA 